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Chapter 14

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Chapter XIV.—Examples of Circumspect Behaviour from the Old Testament.

But see what it says also concerning those holy men

‹ Chapter 13 Chapter 15 ›

,

the

prophets

,

and

concerning

the

apostles

of

our

Lord

.

Let

us

see

whether

any

one

of

these

holy

men

was

constantly

with

maidens

,

or

with

young

married

women

,

or

with

such

widows

as

the

divine

apostle

declines

to

receive

.

Let

us

consider

,

in

the

fear

of

God

,

the

manner

of

life

of

these

holy

men

.

Lo

!

we

find

it

written

concerning

Moses

and

Aaron

,

that

they

acted

and

lived

in

the

company

of

men

,

who

themselves

also

followed

a

course

of

conduct

like

theirs

.

And

thus

did

Joshua

also

,

the

son

of

Nun

.

Woman

was

there

none

with

them

;

but

they

by

themselves

used

holily

to

minister

before

God

,

men

with

men

.

And

not

only

so

;

but

they

taught

the

people

,

that

,

whensoever

the

host

moved

,

every

tribe

should

move

on

apart

,

and

the

women

with

the

women

apart

,

and

that

they

should

go

into

the

rear

behind

the

host

,

and

the

men

also

apart

by

their

tribes

.

And

,

according

to

the

command

of

the

Lord

,

so

did

they

set

out

,

like

a

wise

people

,

that

there

might

be

no

disorder

on

account

of

the

women

when

the

host

moved

.

With

beautiful

and

well

-

ordered

arrangements

did

they

march

without

stumbling

.

For

lo

!

the

Scriptures

bear

testimony

to

my

words

:

“

When

the

children

of

Israel

had

crossed

over

the

Sea

of

Suth

,

Moses

and

the

children

of

Israel

sang

the

praises

of

the

Lord

,

and

said

:

We

will

praise

the

Lord

,

because

He

is

exceedingly

to

be

praised

.

”

And

,

after

that

Moses

had

finished

singing

praises

,

then

Miriam

,

the

sister

of

Moses

and

Aaron

,

took

a

timbrel

in

her

hands

,

and

all

the

women

went

out

after

her

,

and

sang

praises

with

her

,

women

with

women

apart

,

and

men

with

men

apart

.

Then

again

,

we

find

that

Elisha

and

Gehazi

and

the

sons

of

the

prophets

lived

together

in

the

fear

of

God

,

and

that

they

had

no

females

living

with

them

.

Micah

too

,

and

all

the

prophets

likewise

,

we

find

to

have

lived

in

this

manner

in

the

fear

of

the

Lord

.

Notes

1
Lit. “their conduct and living was with.”
2
Exod. xv. 1.
3
Lit. “ceased from.”